Thailand implements strict screening policy of travellers

Tourists take a selfie at a shopping centre in Bangkok (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

Bangkok (VNA/NNT) - The Commissioner
of the Immigration Bureau of Thailand has called for strict monitoring of
people travelling in and out of the country during the New Year holiday, while
preliminary reports reveal no sign of violence perpetration.

Commissioner of the Immigration Bureau Pol Lt Gen
Natathorn Prausoonthorn revealed that his agency has implemented stringent
policies in screening people traveling in and out of the country during this
time, adding that the screening process is in accordance to international
standards.

In addition, agents will be deployed out of uniform to conduct random checks,
he said.

He said that the system in place will
automatically identify those who have a warrant against them or are on the
bureau’s blacklist. His agency has also incorporated bio-metric identification
technology into its screening process.

Pol Lt Gen Natathorn added that his agency has
collaborated with the army as well as intelligence agencies to monitor all
potential terrorist threats, while preliminary reports revealed no sign of
malicious plots.-VNA